12/28/09

Ari's First Christmas

Wake up Papa it's Christmas morning!
Look what Santa brought! Ari is definitely a lucky little boy!
Thank you for the awesome stocking that you made for me Grandma Williams. Santa filled it up!
Ari loved his present from Nana and Papa so much that he wanted to get in the box with it.
This is so much fun!
Christmas night at Papa's house for dinner. Ari was ready for round two of present opening. I think he has this Christmas thing down.
By far the best Christmas present though was definitely the tissue paper!

12/14/09

Will the tree make it until Christmas?

So who's got dibs on the tree making it through Christmas?




What?  I'm not doing anything.


12/1/09

Thanksgiving


Family
  

Ari got into the holiday spirit with the santa hat that Papa gave him.


Papa and Ari



Thanksgiving dinner - Ari loved the turkey!


Ari was a big help to Papa cleaning up the dishes after we ate.



11/14/09

Let it Snow!

Getting ready to go play in the snow.  Thanks for the warm jacket Papa.  This is going to be fun!



This snow stuff is kind of cool.




My first snowball!



Ok Dad, I have had enough now!  Get me out of all of this snow gear!


Skateboarding


It's an Ari size skateboard that Grandpa and Grandma Gammill found!



I think I'll give it a try.....hmmm, is this how you do it?



Ok, that didn't work out so well.  Maybe I need a little help with this thing.


So that's how you do it - thanks for the lesson Dad!


11/8/09

Swinging at the Park

Ari and Papa had a fun day at the park last weekend.

Go higher Papa!
Papa kisses!

10/31/09

Happy Halloween!!!

My little sock monkey on his first Halloween!
Hey Mom, that's mine!
Ari got into the spirit and was a skeleton at daycare last week.
Upside down skeletons are scarier right?

10/26/09

Marcella came to town!

Marcella came to visit and we had so much fun this weekend seeing her and celebrating Zahra's first birthday!  We miss you already Marcella!
Thanks for the awesome hat & warm top Marcella - love it!
Ari being cute.  Just had to throw this one in.

9/22/09

Ari's First Trip to Georgia

Ari finally made it to Georgia to meet Mom's side of the family!  We had an incredible time and Ari got to spend some quality time with his Nana and Papa.  We wish that we could have stayed longer and seen more people, but there just wasn't time, so we are sorry to those that we were not able to see on this trip.  Here are some pictures of Ari's Georgia adventure!
Aunt Tina, Aunt Barbara, Nana, Papa, Uncle Walt, and Mommy.
Ari had alot of fun playing with his cousins.  They were good at making him laugh - Boo!
Here is Ari on Nana and Papa's boat.  He wasn't real fond of wearing his life jacket, but he dealt with it pretty well since he didn't really have a choice.
Nana learned to Standup Paddleboard while Ari and Mom played in the water.  Ari kept trying to drink the lake water so we had to rig up his floaty to get him higher out of the water - hence the Sanford and Son floatation contraption.
Ari's first time on the board.  Sandy is standing guard in case Ari decides to take a swim.
Ari napping on the boat after a busy afternoon of swimming and playing on the lake.
Dad finding some waves on the lake.
Ari and Papa waking up in the morning.
Nana showed Ari a few notes on the piano.  He had fun banging out some tunes!
Ari and his Cousin Kaytlyn.  We sure are going to miss having her around.  She was such a huge help keeping Ari entertained.
Ari and Nana in North Carolina.  We took a short hike in to see a beautiful waterfall.  We had such a great time and miss everyone so much already.  We love you Nana and Papa!  Thank you so much for everything!

9/7/09

Things I've Been Up To...

So now that I'm seven months old, here is what I've been up to lately.  
Playing with my toys.
My friend Kasey came to visit me from Washington.  She is really nice and makes me smile!
I like to eat my veggies.  They will make me grow up to be big and strong.
Ari's one man band!
Hanging by the river waiting for Daddy to come by on his paddleboard.
I liked playing in the sand.
Me and my Dad - one day I will be big enough to go paddle with him!